John C. PlottGlobal History of Philosophy (Vol. IV: The Period of Scholasticism (Part 1), (800-1150))Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; New Delhi, India; 8120805518 / 9788120805514; Hardcover; New; New; The fourth and fifth volumes of the Global History of Philosophy are designated The Period of Scholasticism (part one: 800-1150, part two: 1150-1350) in order to stress that the scholastic method with its emphasis on thesis, antithesis, and attempts at synthesis became universal throughout Eurasia. Scholasticism should not be taken in the ejorative sense as the juggling of arguments by straw men, but in the sense of challenge even in our own era to work for consistent and comprehensive systematic synthesis. All the "older traditions" need to be reinterpreted in terms of "modern conditions"--which after all, is what the Eurasian scholastics of these centuries were doing for their own time.Printed Pages: 706. 102190